Because I am Free

by maggiecrowell711

November 6, 2017

Because I met you

I truly felt happy,

Because I let you

I finally felt safe,

Because I trusted

I really felt pain,

Because I loved you

I always stayed.

When I saw you

I knew I was safe,

When I felt you

I knew I was strong,

I was scared

And you were my comfort,

Because I was hurt

And you were healing.

Then when you left

I was lost and felt empty,

Because you left

I felt useless and weak,

And every time you left

I came back.

And then I saw

What you really were,

That happy was an illusion,

The safety was your trick,

The pain was your fuel,

I stayed, scared and small,

Because you prayed on it all.

When I saw you

You felt power,

When I felt you

You felt needed,

When I was scared

You gave me reasons to stay,

When I was hurt

It made your day.

But then I left.

I screamed and I cried

But I pushed you away,

I felt nothing inside

Because of your play,

I was sick and but still healing

From your mental abuse.

Now,

I am free from your grip

And free from your words,

I can see what you are

And how bad that you hurt,

But I left and I'm better

Than I ever could be,

Without you,

I wouldn't be me.

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